The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-08-25
NEW PARTY.
Doings Of the United Labor Convention Of New
York.

The New York United Labor Convention,
held at Syracuse OF which Henry George
MAS president, nominated full ticket as
follows: Secretary OF state, Henry George,
New York; controller, Victor A. Wilde,
Kings; state treasurer. b. H. Cummings,
Montgomery; attorney general, Dennis Z.
Feely Monroe; state engineer and survay-
or, Sylvunus A. Sweet.
Resolutions were adopted for the organ
ixation of a great national party. Reso-
lutions were also passed favoring eight
hours work for letter carriers; women
equality; extending the school age in chill
dren from fourteen to sixteen years; in law
or OF free public libraries; state printing
department.; the Australian system OF
secret ballot; the prohibition OF the en-
ployment OF armed detectives; denouncing
class legislation and the emisappropriation
OF public funds.
We aim at the abolition OF the system
which compels men to pay their fellow
creatures for the use OF Gods gifts to all
and permits monopolizers to deprive labor
of natural opportunities for employment,
thus filling the land with tramps and pau
pers and bringing about an unnatural
competition which tends to reduce wages
to starvation rates and to make the wealth
producer the Industrial slave of those
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abolition of the system which makes such
beneficent inventions as the railroad and
telegraph means for the oppression OF
the people and the aggrandizement OF an
artist ocracy OF wealth and power. We aim
at the abolition OF all laws which give to
any class OF citizens advantages either ju-
dicial financial, industrial or political
that are not equally shared by all. We
call upon all who would effect tho emanci-
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American Union and it's com.
ponent states democratic common
wealths OF really free and independent
citizens, to ignore the monopolists and
join with us in organizing great national
party on this broad platform OF natural
rights and equal Justice. We do not aim
at securing any forced equality in the dis
tribution of wealth. What we propose is
not the disturbing OF any man in his hold
ing or title, but by abolishing all taxes on
industry and it's products leave to hepro-
tslcer the free fruits OF his exertion and by
the taxation of land values exclusive oil
impr ovements to devote to common use
those values which, arising not from the
exertion of the individual. but from the
growth OF society belonging justly to the
community as whole. This increased tax
alton OF land not according to its area but
according to it's value must, while relieving
the working farmer and small homestead
owner of the undue burden now imposed
upon them, make it Improbable to hold
for speculation, and thus throw open
abundant opportunities for the employ
ment OF labor and the building up Of
homes. We would further promote the
commonwealth and further secure the
equal rights OF all by placing under public
control such agencies as are in their na'
ture monopolies. Wefavor such as may
tend to reduce the hours OF labor, to pre-
vent the employment OF children OF tender
years, to avoid the competition OF convict
labor with honest industry, to secure the
sanitary inspection OF tenements, factories
and mines, and put an end to the abuse OF
conspiracy lays.